Ifrah Ahmed’s story told in A Girl from Mogadishu

Ifrah Ahmed, who arrived in Ireland as an asylum seeker from Mogadishu and became a leading campaigner against female genital mutilation, is the subject of a film that begins shooting in Dublin this week.

A Girl from Mogadishu stars the American actress Aja Naomi King and filming will continue in Morocco. The cast includes the Newstalk and TV3 broadcaster Pat Kenny, who will film scenes of past interviews with Ms Ahmed. The actresses Orla Brady and Pauline McLynn and the journalist Maggie O’Kane also star.

Ms Ahmed, above, was born in Mogadishu in 1989 and was subjected to FGM at the age of eight. She arrived in Ireland in 2002 and has dedicated her life to working towards eradicating FGM and other forms of gender-based…

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